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Jatis inaqualibus. Flor. Leyd. This is 

 by fome call'd Five-leav'd upright 

 African Chick weed. 



3, Molluco foliis ffptenis line a- 

 ribus. Lin. Hort. Cliff. African 

 Chickweed, with the Appearance of 

 Ladies Bedftraw. 



Thefe are low annual Plants, 

 having little Beauty ; To are only 

 preferved in Botanic Gardens for the 

 fake of Variety : if their Seeds are 

 permitted to Latter, the Plants will 

 come up the following Spring: but 

 the two lafl: Sorts feldom thrive well 

 in the full Ground, unlefs in warm 

 Seafons : but when their Seeds fcat- 

 ter on an Hot-bed, or in Pots in the 

 Stove, they will thrive fait enough. 



MOLUCCA, Molucca Balm. 

 The Characters are ; 

 is a <verticillate Plant, with a 

 labiated Flower, con ft fling of one Leaf, 

 whofe upper Lip is hollow, like a 

 Spoon, but the under Lip is cut into 

 three Segments : out of the Flower-cup 

 arifes the Pointal, attended, as it 

 tvere, by four Embryoes, which af- 

 terward turn to fo many angular 

 Seeds, which are indofe'd in the bell- 

 Jhaped Calyx. 



The Species are ; 



1. Molucca la.vis.Dod. Smooth 

 Molucca Balm. 



2. Molucca fpinofa. Dod. Prick- 

 ly Molucca Balm. 



Thefe Plants are annual, and 

 perilh after they have perfected their 

 Seeds. They are preferved only in 

 fuch Gardens where Perfons are 

 curious in the Study of Plants, as 

 they have no great Beauty or Ufe. 

 Thefe may be propagated by lowing 

 their Seeds in March, upon a Bed of 

 frem light Earth, in an open Situa- 

 tion, where the Plants will come up 

 foon after; and when they are about 

 two Inches high, they mull be tranf- 

 planted out, either into frefa Beds of 

 light Earth, or in the Borders of the 



Pleafure-garden, placing them at a 

 good Diftance ; for their Branches 

 will extend pretty far, if the Soil 

 be rich ; and when they have taken 

 Root, they will require no farther 

 Care, but only to keep them clear 

 from Weeds, and fallen them to 

 Sticks, to prevent their being broken 

 by Winds when they advance ; for 

 they will grow upward of three Feet 

 high 



In July thefe Plants will flower, 

 and if the Seafon pro ves warm, their 

 Seeds will be perfected in September; 

 but if the Seafon is cold and moift, 

 they commonly perifh without pro- 

 ducing good Seeds in this Country ; 

 for which Reafon thefe Piants mould 

 be railed in Autumn, and preferved 

 thro' the Winter under a common 

 Frame, and in the Spring tranfplant- 

 ed out, as before, when they will 

 flower early, and produce good 

 Seeds. 



MOLY, WiMGariick. 

 The Characters are ; 



7/ agrees in every refpeel with the 

 Garlic}, to wbichGenus w nyBotanifls 

 have joined thefe Plants : the Flowers 

 are produced in an Umbel. 

 The Species are ; 



!. Moly la t if Hum Mi forum* 

 C. B. P. Broad-leav'd Moly of Theo- 

 phraflus. 



2. iVlcLY I it: folium Indicum. C 4 



B. P. Broad-leav'd Indian Moly. 



3. MoLY latifolium Hifpanicum. 



C. B.P. Broad-leav'd Spanifh Moly, 

 with purple Flowers. 



4. Moly latifolium, fiavo fore* 

 H. Eyfi. B r oad-leav'd yellow Moly. 



£. Moly aiiguflifoiium umbella* 

 turn. C.B.P. Narrow- leav'd Moly, 

 commonly call'd Homers or Diofcori- 

 des\ Moly. 



6. Moly avguf.t '.folium, foliis re- 

 fi-xis. C.B.P. Narrow - leay'd 

 Moly, with reflsx'd Leaves, com- 

 monly cdrd the' Serpent Moly. 



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